Robert Schnase is Bishop of the Missouri Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and bestselling author of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations.

Terry B. Carty is Director of The Youthworker Movement.

Endorsements

"To play off of their opening analogy, Bishop Schnase and Terry Carty hit a home run! Five Practices of Fruitful Youth Ministry prepares the church to take the field for the next great mission, our youth. It scores at every level." --Reverend Reed Justus, Senior Minister, First United Methodist Church Hillsboro, Texas.

About the Author

Robert Schnase

Robert Schnase is bishop of the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church. Previously, he served as pastor of First United Methodist Church, McAllen, Texas. Schnase is the author of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, a best-selling book on congregational ministry that has ignited a common interest among churches and their leaders around its themes of radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. Five Practices has reached a global community with translations in Korean, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, and German. Robert is also the author of Cultivating Fruitfulness, The Balancing Act, Five Practices of Fruitful Living, Ambition in Ministry, and Testing and Reclaiming Your Call to Ministry. Robert lives in Columbia, Missouri.